It’s no secret that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has been…quite interesting lately in terms of what’s available in the in-game store. When players head over to the shop tab, they are granted things like a unicorn operator bundle that comes with rainbow guns that turn players they shoot into little fairy-like creatures and their finisher being a deadly unicorn rainbow fart? The game has gotten very interesting (putting it mildly) when it comes to cosmetics.

This isn’t exclusive to Black Ops 6, as outrageous skins featuring characters from Diablo, the WWE, and more have made their way into the game since the Modern Warfare reboot, and it has gotten significantly worse over time.

In a chat with Dexerto, Miles Leslie, the Associate Creative Director at Treyarch, mentioned that these far-out skins in Call of Duty are meant to “maximize fun for players.”

“Fun always comes first for us. Of course, we want to stay grounded in the DNA that makes a Black Ops game unique when it comes to core gameplay, but we also like to break the rules if it’s going to maximize fun for players.

Recent skins making waves include the Dragon Knight, Cruiser, The Replacer, and more. At the same time, the skins do not provide any real gameplay advantages and give players the ability to look completely different, along with a unique finishing move to stand out.

While there’s nothing wrong with players having options to look different, the Call Of Duty community is currently not happy with the direction the franchise is going regarding cosmetics.

Players Aren’t Happy About Call of Duty’s “Ridiculous” Skins

One issue the community has with the skins is how they make picking out enemies from friendlies a bit harder, and in a twitch shooter like Call of Duty, hesitating even a second is all the difference between a kill and a respawn. Running across the map and seeing someone dressed as a unicorn isn’t exactly a clear indicator which faction that player is on.

Needless to say, the community isn’t receiving this “explanation from Treyarch. One Reddit post said, “I think they meant to say…maximize profits for them.” Outside of the skins, Black Ops 6 and especially Warzone still have issues that need attention. Black Ops 6 has a few glaring technical issues that needs to be sorted out, and Warzone has a cheating problem that’s yet to get better.

With the skins getting out of hand, players are becoming more uncomfortable that developers are putting skins first versus what the game needs fixing. Players have a point, as Call of Duty was supposed to be a military first-person-shooter before it became what it is now: a Fortnite-like game with military elements. 

Given how much money Activision makes with these skins and other cosmetics, we’re not expecting the publisher to change course anytime soon.